Harlem

Also known as Harlem, Manhattan, Harlem, New York City, Harlem, New York, Harlem, NY

Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and 110th Street on the south. The greater Harlem area encompasses several other neighborhoods and extends west and north to 155th Street, east to the East River, and south to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Central Park, and East 96th Street.

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Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City, located between 110th Street on the south and the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north, with the Hudson River to the west and Fifth Avenue to the east. The greater Harlem area extends across multiple neighborhoods and serves as a historically significant and culturally important part of New York City.

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Settlement.established_date: 1660
Settlement.name: Harlem
Settlement.settlement_type: Neighborhood
Settlement.image_skyline: Harlem 04.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_alt: Brick townhouse along a street, which is lined with trees.
Settlement.image_caption: Apartment buildings next to Morningside Park in Harlem
Settlement.nicknames: "Heaven", "Black mecca"
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 12
Settlement.mapframe point: none
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Harlem in New York City
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: City
Settlement.subdivision_name2: New York City
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Borough
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Manhattan

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Wikidata facts

Population: 116345
Area: 10.03
Image: Harlem 04.jpg

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Commons category: Harlem, Manhattan
inception: 1653-00-00
P8168: Boris Akimov
P12749: Carl Ulrich

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Geography<span class="anchor" id="Location and boundaries"></span>
SoHa controversy
Political representation
History
Culture
Music
Language
Religious life
Landmarks<span class="anchor" id="Harlem landmarks"></span>
Officially designated landmarks
Other points of interest
Demographics
Central Harlem
Other sections
2020 Census
Police and crime
Crime trends
Gangs
Fire safety
Health
Social factors
Health problems
Health and housing conditions
Asthma
Other health problems
Post offices and ZIP Codes
Education
Schools
Higher education
Libraries
Transportation
Bridges
Public transportation
Subway
Bus
See also
References
Sources
Further reading
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Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. Harlem's history has been defined by a series of economic boom-and-bust cycles, with significant population shifts accompanying each cycle. Harlem was predominantly occupied by Jewish and Italian Americans in the late 19th century, while African-American residents began to arrive in large numbers during the Great Migration in the early 20th century. In the 1920s and 1930s, Central and West Harlem were the center of the Harlem Renaissance, a major African-American cultural movement. With job losses during the Great Depression of the 1930s and the deindustrialization of New York City after World War II, rates of crime and poverty increased significantly. In the 21st century, crime rates decreased significantly, and Harlem started to gentrify.